Funny Pictures : Animation and Comedy in Studio-Era Hollywood /

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This collection of essays explores the link between comedy and animation in studio-era cartoons, from filmdom's earliest days through the twentieth century. Written by a who's who of animation authorities, Funny pictures offers a stimulating range of views on why animation became associate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Keil, Charlie (Editor ), Goldmark, Daniel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wit and humor in motion pictures.
Animated films.
PERFORMING ARTS > Animation.
Humour au cinema.
Animated films > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection of essays explores the link between comedy and animation in studio-era cartoons, from filmdom's earliest days through the twentieth century. Written by a who's who of animation authorities, Funny pictures offers a stimulating range of views on why animation became associated with comedy so early and so indelibly, and illustrates how animation and humor came together at a pivotal stage in the development of the motion picture industry. To examine some of the central assumptions about comedy and cartoons and to explore the key factors that promoted their fusion, the book analyzes ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520950122

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